Food Memoir

Returning to the flavors of his very earliest years, chef Peter Serpico was born in Seoul, Korea, and adopted when he was two.

“Dorothy Kalins shares her own kitchen muses with such enthusiasm and exuberance that they stay with us long after we finish reading The Kitchen Whisperers.”

“Drinking was a group hobby . . . Food, its accoutrements, and above all the sensuous pleasures of eating formed the leitmotif of his life.”

"Ken Wells, a career professional journalist, set out to tell a personal story of all things culturally connected with gumbo."

“He tells the story of how his company had to separate from a beverages industry partner, because the latter was too worried about the quarterly bottom line.

“My copy of Wild Flavors is so dog-eared that the book looks like I’ve owned and used it for years. I haven’t—but I intend to.”